Pixelated

Piper has a plan—get into the School of Visual Arts, move to New York, conquer the covers of National Geographic—nowhere on her checklist does it say anything about wasting senior year in the cornfields of Iowa or losing her heart to the already taken Les Williams, high school star running back.

Senior Year.
Middle of nowhere.
What's the new girl to do?

For Piper Marks, the answer is simple. She’s determined to have her photography rock the cover of National Geographic someday, and moving to Clarkton, Iowa for her last year of high school is not going to stop her. Even if her usual subjects have changed from bright lights and skyscrapers to fields, cows…and more fields.

But when photographer at the local paper quits in a huff, she steps into his spot. Her new job keeps Piper busy capturing tackles, and zooming in on first downs and end zone dances, not to mention putting her directly in the path of varsity football star Les Williams IV. Her new friends warn her off, but she can’t resist the pull she feels toward this mysterious country boy. But this small town is keeping a secret, and it’s one that could destroy any chance they have to be together.

It’s up to Piper to decide what to do with the distorted truth. Can she risk exposing her heart? It might be worth it, 'cause Les is about to change her world from black and white to fully saturated color.


L. S. Murphy lives in the Greater St. Louis area where she watches Cardinals baseball, reads every book she can find and weaves tales for teens and adults. When not doing all of the above, she tends to The Bean (aka her daughter), her husband and a menagerie of pets. Her debut YA novel, Reaper, was published in January 2013 through J. Taylor Publishing. A Reason to Stay, a short adult contemporary romance, was released in November 2012 through the Calliope imprint of Musa Publishing. Another short contemporary romance Neighbors was published by Entangled recently. Linda also has a finished sports-themed YA novel Extra Innings about a girl joining a boys' baseball team, and is currently working on its companion novel.

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